The film played in cinemas in Egypt the year it was released. “The mask means nothing without the story and general philosophy,” he said.Īccording to Lloyd, in spite of the global sales and reach of the comic books, the film was what brought the story to audiences worldwide. Lloyd attributed the iconic symbolism of the mask to the story. “It simply is that neutral symbol of opposition, of resistance, and has effectively no political motivation behind it other than that the motivation is added by those who use it.” “It’s an all-purpose mask of protest, that is the great value of it,” Lloyd comments. The hacktivist group Anonymous also adopted it. Protestors in the Occupy Wall Street movement, that has extended across the United States, have used the mask. “A year after the film someone sent me a cutting in a scientology protest,” he recalled. Lloyd recalled the first time he saw the mask being used in a protest. More interestingly, he has a vast literary and cultural intellect, along with philosophical viewpoints that are for coexistence, tolerance and standing up to injustice. He is well versed in the arts of explosives and fighting, and does not use guns but knives. V is a deep character, unique among normal superheroes that adorn comic books. “It adds a kind of certain quality to it.” Lloyd explained that the smile was actually an accident. “The rest of the costume is actually appropriate and authentic 17th century costume,” he added. “The Guy Fawkes mask is a remembrance of what he looked like, and that is the mask V wears,” he said. However, since the story was in creation in May, and the masks are only sold nearer to November, Lloyd was pushed to come up with his own design. “My original plan was the use the same masks sold in stores,” Lloyd explained. Every year on 5 November, British children wear Guy Fawkes masks made out of paper mache and light fireworks in commemoration of the failed plot. Fawkes was caught and eventually told on his co-conspirators, the plan never coming to life. Fawkes was among a group planning an assassination attempt on the king of England, James I, along with blowing up the Houses of Parliament. This incident is referred to in the book and film alike. The mask V wore was inspired by the story of Guy Fawkes, famous for the "Gunpowder Plot" of 5 November 1605. He uses the regime’s propaganda machine against them, and stages a series of assassinations on leaders of the state. The story reveals that V has been tortured in a concentration camp in Lark Hill, and is out for vengeance. The comic is set in the future and is about a masked figure calling himself "V" who is out to destroy parliament and inspire people to revolt to save England from a fascist totalitarian government that spreads propaganda through the media and rules by the police state. Originally a 10-issue comic book some of which were originally published by Quality Comics in the UK within the comic magazine "Warrior" between 19, the full series was published by DC Comics in 1988 in colour. It is a story about dictatorships everywhere.” Moore and Lloyd had created the story in the early 80s when the National Front (Britain's far-right party) was starting to gain power in Britain. “It was political,” Lloyd told Ahram Online. The film was adapted from a comic book written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd. While the film, V for Vendetta, released in 2006 was a hit around the world, making a gross income of $131,411,035 for Warner Brothers Studios, the story itself goes back a few decades. First used in protest by the online Hacktivist group "Anonymous," then making several appearances in the Occupy movement in the United States, "V masks" have recently hit Egypt during the time of the 25 January anniversary, with protests calling for an end to military rule. As the January 25 Revolution anniversary approached and passed, V for Vendetta masks could be noticed all over the city: on protesters' faces spray painted on walls and even on the front page of the Freedom and Justice Party newspaper.Ģ011 saw the consistent appearance of the undeniably iconic mask that provides a friendly face for protestors yet a not so friendly one for leaders and security forces all over the world.
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